Garment hanger



Mar. 13, 1923.

I R. CHIDLEY GARMENT HANGER Filed NOV. 21, 1921 Bvciward C'bidlg INVENTOR BY ATTOWM'M Patented Mar. 13, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEQ' RICHARD CHIDLEY, or LivERrooL, ENGLAND.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD CHIDLEY, a.

siding at Liverpool, in the county of Lanca-' shire, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to garment hangers, and has for an object to provide a hanger designed particularly for supporting ladies apparel and includes means for supporting the coat portion of a suit, and means for supporting the skirt consisting of spring pressed members which are inserted in the waist band of the skirt and then permitted to separate, thus securely supporting the skirt and at the same time stretching it to remove wrinkles.

In addition to the foregoing this invention comprehends improvements in the details of construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and particularly set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which similar and corresponding parts are designated by'the same characters of reference throughout the several views in which they appear,

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a garment hanger constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a view thereof in, front elevation; and

Figure3 is a detail view of a slightly modified form of hangen' With reference to the drawings 10 indicates a curved wooden bar constituting the support for the coat portion of a suit. A slot 11 is formed therein at a point intermediate its ends for a purpose to be presently noted. A rod 12 extends across the inner side of the bar and is embedded in the material at the ends as shown, A pair ofrods are provided as indicated at 18 and 19. Said rods are directed toward each other and each is formed with an eye 20 which is bent laterally so that the eye ofthe rod 18 may encircle the rod 19, and eye of the latter encircle the rod 18. A spring member 21 is provided consisting of a strand of wire bent at an intermediate point to form a pair of convolutions 22.

The terminals 23 and are then inserted GARMENT HANGER. f i

Application filed November 21, 1921. Serial No. 516,763. I

. through the slot 11 and each is formed'with an eye 25, the eye of the terminal 28 being interlinked with the eye 20 of the rod 19, and

the eye 25 of the terminal 24, being interlinked with the eye 20 of the rod 18. A hook member 26 of wire is provided having its shank inserted between the convolutions 22 and then formed with an eye 27 which em braces both of the convolutions at a point between the members 23 and 24. The outer end of each of the rods 18 and 19 are bent upward to form'a skirt engaging portion 28,

and then formed with an eye 29 to encircle the rod 12. A short section of rubber tubing is slipped over the portion 28 ,to prevent injury to the clothing.

In practice, the blocks 23 and 2% are moved toward each other against the tension of the convolutions 22, the terminals being separated. The waist band is then hung upon the portions, so that when the latter are released they will move'apart, thus gripping the waist band between them and stretching the skirt.

I have illustrated modified manner of forming the hanger in which a wooden block 30 is mounted on the end of each rod 18 and 19, the portions 28 being eliminated. An eye 31 is afiixed to each block to ride along the rod 12. Each block is formed with a hook portion 32 in which the waist band of the skirt'is received,

in Figure 3 a slightly and an overhanging portion 33 to prevent invention with some degree of particularly,

I realize that in practice various alterations therein may be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the form of the details of construction or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United- States Letters Patent is A garment hanger comprising a slotted garment supporting bar, a horizontal rod secured in the ends of the bar, a pair of gar ment engaging, members depending below hook connected to the upper end of the the bar, the inner ends of said members bespring member. 10 interlinked for relative movement and the In testimony'whereof l affix my signature outer ends thereof being curved upwardly in presence of two Witnesses".

and terminating in eyes slidable on the hori- RICHARD CHIDLEYI [n s] zontal rod, a spring member extending Witnesses: through the slotted bar and connected to VVM'. J. Dnvi'rs;

the interlinked members and a supporting EDNA MGCANN. 

